This is an analysis of the poem The Sunflower State that begins with:
Doubtless you have heard the saying, Kansas lays a sorcerer's spell
Ever on her loyal children- how, or why, no man can tell.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXXddddXXbbeeffggbb hXhhggXijjkkddkkggiXff ddccee iXjjXbbggaaff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,20,22,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101010101001 101010101111111 111010101110101 101010101010111 101000101011001 111010101010001 101111101010011 100010101010101 100010101010101 001010100011101 111010101110001 111111101010101 1111001111101000 1010101010100110 10010100101010111 101010101011101 101010100010111 001010100010101 111010101110101 1110101101010111 111110101011101 101010111010101 111111101011111 001001101010101 101111101010101 1010011010010100 1010101000011101 111111101110101 111100101010111 101011001110011 111010101010100 001110101010111 111010101110011 111111100010101 1011100101010101 101010101000101 101010101110101 10001101010101 101010011010101 111010101010101 101010101000101 111111011010111 1001111100010101 101010100010100 10100100101110101 101010100010001 10101011010101 111000101111101 111010101110001 111010101011101 101110101010001 1001110100010101 101010101010101 1110011010011110 100111001110111 111011101010011 1110100100011101 1010100101010111 111110101010101 100010100011111 101010101110101 101010111010111 101110101011101 1010101010101101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 658
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, with, i, of, they are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sunflower State;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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